Chapter 17: Late Autumn Night
On a long autumn night, the vast waters of Dongting Lake are covered with painted fishing boats everywhere.
There is a lakeside square on the periphery of Junshan Island, which was originally the welcoming place of Junshan Cao's family, and in the past, countless Jianghu rangers came here every day to visit or learn art. With the retirement of the Cao family, the martial arts stage on the square was naturally abandoned, and now it has been changed to a stage.
The houses around the square have become small bazaars, and there are many inns and wine shops, shops selling crabs everywhere, and various specialties on the shore of Dongting Lake, which are not much different from the scenic spots of later generations.
The Yueyang Tower, which faces each other across the lake on the opposite side, is nearly ten miles apart, but the lake is as flat as a mirror, and you can still see a sea of lights in the distance.
Under the crescent moon, Ning Qingye stood on the top of the lakeside tower, looking at all the colors on Dongting Lake.
It is still a snow-white skirt, black hair is draped on the back like ink, and the temperament is pure and elegant, like a white lotus that has fallen into the mortal world, holding the Qingfeng sword in his hand, which makes the fairy spirit a little more chivalrous.
It's just that those spring-like eyes are a little distracted at this time.
Since the sixteenth day of the first lunar month was kissed by Xu Buling on Hutai Street, Ning Qingye left in shame and anger, it has been almost a year.
The original mixed emotions have long calmed down, although they were taken advantage of, but the other party has the grace to save his life after all, except as if it didn't happen, what else can he do......
After Ning Qing left Chang'an at night, he returned to the evergreen view of Wudang Mountain, and wanted to continue to rely on his master for his life, practice martial arts to the point of reaching the peak, and then go to avenge his mother.
It's just that the master, who has always stayed at home, didn't know where to run, so he only left a letter for her, asking her not to run around when she came back.
Later, she heard about Xu Buling's apprenticeship from the mouth of her junior, and she somehow had an extra junior brother......
The night breeze blew her hair, Ning Qingye squinted slightly, obviously a little annoyed - she had already drawn a line with that cowardly guy, how could she get together again, how should you get along with the same senior brothers and sisters in the future......
However, the rivers and lakes pay attention to the master's life, the master wants to accept apprentices, she is the master sister naturally can't disobey, and can only reluctantly accept this fact, and also thought about waiting for Xu Buling to come to Wudang Mountain, to give him a good dismount, if he dares to tell the master about kissing her, he will stab him through the heart with a sword.
I just lived in the mountains for a few days, and I didn't wait for the master and Xu Buling, but I waited for a news from the rivers and lakes - for the sake of "Tongtian Treasure Book", I looked around for four jade artifacts circulating in the rivers and lakes, and set my sights on the Cao family.
The truth or falsehood of the "Tongtian Treasure Book", Ning Qingye asked the masters of Wudang, and it is true, but after learning it, invulnerability and immortality must be fake, and it should be the top exercise routine.
The rumors are too mysterious, Ning Qingye actually wants to look for it, after all, the people of the rivers and lakes want to become more powerful, except for talent and diligence, the only thing left is to search for superior exercises.
Ning Qingye wants to take revenge, but her enemies are two behemoths that are hard to match. Needless to say, the imperial court is reluctant to kill Zhang Xiang, and there are a bunch of more powerful culprits behind it. And the other is the head of the Eagle Tower, her ruthless and unrighteous biological father.
Ning Qingye's hatred for that biological father was even stronger than that of the killer's court.
The iron eagle and deer hunting in the imperial court are different from each other, and it is true that the officials and bandits have a deep hatred of blood, at least it makes sense.
And her biological father, for as long as she can remember, has been thinking about high-ranking officials and rarely returns home. Until the day when the cottage was in ruins, her mother still took her to wait outside the village, and her mother fled in order to protect her, buried under the wolf guard's knife, and before she died, she still carried the hairpin sent by the negative person.
But that man hasn't been to the grave to see it until today, and he still wants to gather a force to plot a big plan.
When I was alive, I didn't know how to care, and when I died, my fame was broken, so I pulled a group of people to fight against the court, who is rare?
Now the Eagle Tower wants to search for four pieces of jade, one of which is placed in the ancestral hall of the Cao family on Junshan Island.
And when she escaped from Shudi, it was the peak of the Iron Eagle Deer Hunting, everyone on the rivers and lakes was silent, and the people who dared to help her were basically dead, and in desperation, the only one who helped her was the Cao family on Junshan Island.
Cao Qujian, the head of the Cao family, was already trapped in the center of the whirlpool, and at the risk of being discovered by the imperial court, he secretly took her to Wudang Mountain, and under the protection of Qingxu Zhenren, she lived peacefully until now.
If it weren't for the help of the Cao family, Ning Qingye would have been like those children whose parents were buried under the wolf guard's knife, and he didn't know how far he had fallen.
Therefore, after learning the news of the Eagle Tower's search for the jade pendant, Ning Qingye came to Junshan Island.
The people in the rivers and lakes know that the Cao family saved her life back then, but now how can they not pay it back if they are in trouble.
And if Li Hansheng dares to come over, even if she gives up her life, she has to give her breath to her mother who died in the wilderness.
But......
At the top of the tower, Ning Qingye looked in the direction of Yueyang Tower and sighed softly.
After waiting for so long, Da Yinglou only sent a few microphones to contact the Cao family, and none of the main ones arrived. The Cao family has repeatedly stated that they have withdrawn from the rivers and lakes and will not intervene in the disputes between the rivers and lakes, and there is no sign of fighting at present.
And the one who has returned to Suzhou has also come to Chu for some reason, listening to the news that the forest and rain rime of Hutou Mountain have just come out, and they have arrived at Jinsi Gorge a few days ago.
Lin Yuzhen is the leader of the younger generation in Chudi, and everyone in the world is called 'the posture of a martial artist', listening to Lin Yuzhen's description: 'Lin and the contemporary Qingkui Xu Buling sat in front of the decisive battle with Shiyanzhai Qingxu Zhenren, and after exchanging three moves, they met and hated the late ......', it seems that Xu Buling's martial arts have recovered, and I am afraid that he is on par with Lin Yuzhen.
Ning Qingye couldn't beat Xu Buling before, he practiced hard for nearly a year, and his power multiplied, he thought that he could at least have a tie with Xu Buling, but now it seems that it is estimated that it is still three or seven open.
It stands to reason that Xu Buling has come to Chudi, and he should meet each other in both affection and reason. But she has something important now, a deep personal blood feud, and she doesn't want to involve Xu Buling.
Ning Qingye hooked the hair beside his ears and looked back at the seventy-two peaks of Jun Mountain.
It is rumored outside that several masters of the Eagle Tower have arrived in Yueyang, and if the Cao family just doesn't let go, sooner or later they will kill the door and rob it.
The Cao family on Junshan Island has been sealing the sword for ten years, and the whole clan no longer practices martial arts, once the sword box is opened and the sword is held again, it is impossible to withdraw again. But if you don't hold a sword, how can you stop the bandits who fight the Eagle Tower.
At present, some old friends from the Cao family have all spontaneously come over to be the door god of the Cao family, but it is not known who is from the Eagle Tower.
It's okay if a few helmsmen come, in case Li Hansheng comes over in person, if she is not there, these friends in the rivers and lakes alone will definitely not be able to stop her.
Ning Qingye thought about it, but still dismissed the plan to go out to look for it, jumped off the tower, and the figure disappeared by the lake......